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New York Times:
White House Blocks Sondland Testimony, Signaling Plan to Stonewall Impeachment Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The White House all but declared war on the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, intervening for the first time to block the testimony of a key witness as President Trump signaled …
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Washington Post:
Poll: Majority of Americans say they endorse opening of House impeachment inquiry of Trump  —  A majority of Americans say they endorse the decision by House Democrats to begin an impeachment inquiry of President Trump, and nearly half of all adults also say the House should take the additional step …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This will get worse for Trump.  Adam Schiff signals what's next.  —  Public opinion is shifting precipitiously against President Trump, with a new Washington Post-Schar School poll showing that 58 percent of Americans support the House's impeachment inquiry, and 49 percent support outright removal.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Blocks Sondland Testimony, and the Cover-up Begins  —  American ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is a key figure in the Ukraine scandal.  The Republican megadonor helped push diplomats to orient American policy toward Ukraine around President Trump's goal of extorting …
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Three Chairs Issue Statement on White House Blocking Ambassador Sondland Testimony and Documents  —  Committees to Issue Subpoena to Sondland Today  —  Washington—Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel …
Discussion: Axios and Roll Call
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Sondland, key witness in Ukraine probe, blocked from testimony in midnight call  —  The State Department waited until 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday to tell U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland not to show up for his scheduled deposition with three House committees later that morning, the ambassador's lawyer told Yahoo News.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
White House fighting impeachment by stalling and attacking  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As House Democrats fire off more subpoenas, the White House has launched a high-stakes strategy to counter the impeachment threat to President Donald Trump: Stall.  Obfuscate.  Attack.  Repeat.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Impeachment probe goes beyond Ukraine to lying and obstruction of justice, House lawyer says
Discussion: Political Wire
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Democrats to subpoena key witness blocked from testifying in impeachment probe
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Axios and Mediaite
John Harwood / CNBC:
Polls begin to signal rising impeachment threat to Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Trump administration sure is acting guilty on Ukraine
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:   Schiff Wants To Hear From Diplomat Who Called Ambassadors' Ukraine Efforts ‘Crazy’
CBS News:
Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy  —  On the campaign trail, Elizabeth Warren often tells the story of how she was fired from her first teaching job in 1971 because she was pregnant, a pivotal moment that ultimately put her on a path to Harvard …
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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Top Secret Russian Unit Seeks to Destabilize Europe, Security Officials Say  —  First came a destabilization campaign in Moldova, followed by the poisoning of an arms dealer in Bulgaria and then a thwarted coup in Montenegro.  Last year, there was an attempt to assassinate a former Russian spy in Britain using a nerve agent.
CNN:
Inside the White House's effort to contain Ukraine call fallout  —  (CNN)By the time President Donald Trump's line with Volodymyr Zelensky went quiet, the scramble began.  —  In the hours and days after the Ukrainian President signed-off — “Thank you Mr. President, bye-bye” …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Inside Trump's obsession with polygraphs  —  President Donald Trump has compared White House leakers with spies and mused obliquely to other officials about executing them.  He's attacked reporters by name.  He rails frequently against media accounts of his administration, dismissing them as “fake news.”
Associated Press:
Trump to host Turkish leader as he considers invading Syria  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after threatening Turkey with economic ruin if it goes too far in invading northern Syria, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet at the White House next month.
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Task & Purpose:
‘I hate it’ — Trump says signing letters to the families of fallen soldiers is the hardest thing he does
Discussion: IJR
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump defends Turkey amid fierce backlash over policy shift
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Root
Politico:
China rejects Trump's call to investigate Biden and son  —  This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post.  It originally appeared on scmp.com on Oct. 8, 2019.  —  China has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's call to investigate …
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Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Joe Biden's Sister Called Trump “Unhinged” For Attacking Her Family
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
We're Not Exporting Our Values to China — We're Importing Theirs  —  This morning, NBA commissioner Adam Silver issued a new statement about Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's support for protesters in Hong Kong, and it is a somewhat better one, declaring, “The NBA will not put itself …
Discussion: RedState and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Chinese state media and Tencent suspend broadcast of NBA preseason games in China
Star Tribune:
Trump campaign threatens to sue Minneapolis over ‘phony’ security bill for rally  —  $530K bill from Mpls. to campaign may spur suit.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  Tensions between Minneapolis city leaders and President Donald Trump's campaign escalated Monday when the campaign threatened to sue …
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Tareq Haddad / Newsweek:
Betsy DeVos could face jail after judge rules she violated 2018 order on student loans  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been threatened with the possibility of jail after a judge deemed she was violating a court order for continuing to collect student debts on a now-defunct school.
The Daily Beast:
RealClear Media Has a Secret Facebook Page to Push Far-Right Memes  —  RealClearPolitics has carefully cultivated a non-partisan image—while in the shadows its parent company pushes images of killer Clintons and a freedom-loving Kremlin.  —  The company behind the non-partisan news site RealClearPolitics …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won't Primary Trump—But He's Trying to Bring Him Down  —  Trump's favorite punching bag is reaching out to fellow Republicans to raise the temperature on impeachment.  “Romney is the one guy who could bring along Susan Collins …
Mark Hemingway / Real Clear Politics:
Chuck Todd and the Demise of True Journalism  —  Chuck Todd received plaudits from his media peers for lambasting Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's investigation of the FBI as “Fox News conspiracy propaganda stuff” during a hostile 10-minute “Meet the Press” interview on Sunday.
Washington Post:
Bipartisan Senate report calls for sweeping effort to prevent Russian interference in 2020 election  —  A bipartisan panel of U.S. senators Tuesday called for sweeping action by Congress, the White House and Silicon Valley to ensure social-media sites aren't used to interfere …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump changes the subject  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THINK ABOUT what's transpired in the last few days. ...  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has reoriented the United States' policy in the Middle East.  He's officially changed the Washington conversation from impeachment to a unified …
Severin Carrell / The Guardian:
Trump firm ‘refusing to pay’ legal bill for windfarm case  —  Scottish government says US president's company has not accepted bill of tens of thousands of pounds  —  Donald Trump's family firm is refusing to accept a legal bill worth tens of thousands of pounds after he lost a lengthy court battle …
Discussion: Political Wire
Anita Kumar / Politico:
‘An avoidable, unforced error’: Trump's Ukraine trap starts worrying allies  —  To his allies, President Donald Trump never did anything to warrant the investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election.  —  But this is not Russia.  —  This time, some of those same allies say …
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
As Sea Levels Rise, So Do Ghost Forests  —  Up and down the mid-Atlantic coast, sea levels are rising rapidly, creating stands of dead trees — often bleached, sometimes blackened — known as ghost forests.  —  The water is gaining as much as 5 millimeters per year in some places …
Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
Judge Throws the Book at Trump's 'I'm Above the Law' Defense  —  Trump and his lawyers say he can't be touched legally as long as he's president.  As of now, however, the courts gratifyingly say otherwise.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  The idea that a sitting president cannot be indicted …
David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Russia's 2016 chaos bomb defines the Trump presidency, right up to Ukraine and Syria  —  America is weaker and Russia is stronger because an unscrupulous Russian leader exploited Trump's ambition and disregard for laws and U.S. interests.  —  CONNECT  —  In the overheated atmosphere …
 
 
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